Letter: Tragic pet loss still hurts

On Dec. 17, 2012, I lost one of my dearest friends. He was always there for me whether I was happy, sad, sick or just "dog" tired.

If you have ever had a pet, then you know just how much they are part of your family.

His name was Pug. He was out minding his own business, doing business that needed to be done, in his own large yard - way out of the city limits on a dead end road and on six private acres of land.

An Entergy truck or the truck of one of their contractors that check the meter came barreling through our yard. He was checking the meter and was too lazy to park and get out of his truck to do his job.

Now from the driveway, he would have had to walk maybe five feet to the meter. Not only did he run over our registered Pug, but backed over him, never realizing it until it was too late.

My husband flagged down the driver and said for him to look at what was done.

Of course the driver had to take his earbuds out to see what he was wanting - you know music is so much more important.

He rushed Pug to the vet and he made it for two hours. Just as I got there, he took his last breath.

I called Entergy looking for help. Not only did I lose my best pal, but the medical bills were way up there. Entergy turned it over to the contracted company, and the punk called me.

He thought it was a game - told me he was sorry, but they were not responsible for dogs. He said they fired the guy who was responsible, and on and on.

First, the guy shouldn't have lost his job if he was doing his job, and second it didn't change the fact what happened and they really just didn't care.

So in the end I got nowhere. I was defended, and they won. They did nothing, and I lost something that day, and things haven't been the same since.

Ashley Bass

West Monroe

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Letter: Tragic pet loss still hurts

On Dec. 17, 2012, I lost one of my dearest friends. He was always there for me whether I was happy, sad, sick or just 'dog' tired.